The Osceola times., 1887-11-12
HER VICTORY.
WHY Jack Win Not Laugh at
Woman's Work Again.


"Whcw, how hot" exclaimed JacL
Tenton. coming in the dining-room
hopping his tacc.
"Don talk about being hot, Jack,
you are only warm. I'd just like 10
know how you wonld feel ifyou'd been
cooking Yourself over the stove all the
morning quietly observed his wife,
as she hastily arranged the dishes on
The table.
"Wly,' laughed he, Il guess I'd feel
cooked. It's too hot to eat this kind of
weather think what have you got
Tor dinner? Is this all? Who cares
Tor meat, potatoes, corn and such stuff
this weather? Why didn't YOU make
iee-cream? What have we got the
lreczer for?'
Nv ell now, Jack, do be reasonable;
how could | do so much? | got up at
Eve (and don't think country people
get up much carlicr), went out and
MIXED the COW. chnrned. got break
fat before You were up, then while
you were getting ready. dressed the
children, and that's a t,sk YOU may
find out some day. Yolknow Jennie and
May have the whooping cough, and
bad to be up half the night; then baby 5
cutting teeth, they kept ne pretty
busy After breakfast / helped Polly
with the clothes. then there Wa, the
house TO clean up bread TO bake an &
dinuer to get. Jack. ia like TO see
you have that much work and sit
down and freeze cream
Bet could do it, You women
make too much ado about nothing.
Eve been making out reports all the
morning. aud the confounded things
won't come ont right I'm twenty
dollars short. Amt that enough TO
put man out of paticnce?'
"a man? Yes, | suppose so,' she
quietly remarked
"WcIl, now, you think YOU could
do better, don't you? I've a mind
to let You try"
VERY well. will, we'll do Just rs
that woman in n story read years ago
did, and I'll bet you give in just as he
did.
what will you bet?'
MY hyc-dollar gold piece father
gave me last week. -
Done, Wen begin tomorrow. and
you may as well try Your hand on
the rgports,' he said, with ill-sup-
pressed laughter.
"ics2 Very well, and you must be
'ery careful about the ironing. ~
What do you take me fors Any
oaby can iron"
She smiling sweetly, said: "Wait till
tomorrow night
Next morning she reused him early
and sent him out tomilk 1t took him
until six 20 get ready (only an hour),
and twas nearly seven when he re-
Nrned. His wife, lazily yawning, said
Hurry, Jack, get breakfast or I'll be
late.
Pulling himself together he hastily
eil the room. He cut his finger in try
,hg to split kindling, burnt his hand
W starting the fire. and after canning
around for an hour announced "brcak'
last ready"
Shc arose, dressed hurriedly, drank
copot slop icallcd by courtesy cof
'e) ate a piece of bread and butter
nue breakfast. called to him to dress
'he children, wash the windows, feed
"g chickens, scrub the porch, etc, etc
iheh tripping along, half smiling
enc tied to think what he would do,
:. having walked several squares (thcy
hcd in the suburbs of city of abou
twenty-five thousand) she hailed a cal
Office.
III she went. raised the windows
arranged his papers; she had Otter
ne'led him just after they were mar
,eu' then began looking over his trou
''V'one report just as she was busy
s'un'lng away--"ding, ding. ding!
'',,s the telephone bell "Hello!' shc
''.Igo' mimicing her husba. DIS voice.
IS that you, Tenton?'
les' came the answer.
are you too tired from yesterday
nun r, to 90 down the river with us
t,, t"e'o no one TO 'squcal' and You cal
day 10 =" WV
/, we'll she thought. "this is taking
us place in earnest" Scarcely takin,
'nle 10 to think, she said:
FIRST N "P '"' pap
"n. all right. came the answer.
mesa pre;i, fellow telling me he
!. \ not and going out having goo,
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